Why should I switch to Python?

[Ivan Van Laningham]

Hi All--

Nick Maclaren wrote:
> 

[snip]

> According to something I read, incorrectly attributed!  Apparently
> Heinlein got it from something he read, and forgot the fact - it
> was then pointed out to him and he said something equivalent to
> "Oops".  That doesn't stop the attribution to him circulating :-)
> 

I've never heard this story before; I also never encountered the term
before 1961.  To the best of my knowledge, Heinlein is the source of the
term "grok."

Can you provide more information re the attribution story?

<relentless-in-pursuit-of-infinitesimal-detail>-ly y'rs,
Ivan  
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